Chapter 366: Dirty Churchill
10 Downing Street, UK Prime Minister's Office:
Prime Minister Chamberlain has been restless for the past two days, and Chamberlain still thinks that he is too anxious! Chamberlain also went to the hospital to see a doctor for this reason, and the doctor said that there was nothing wrong with him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The answer was finally revealed this morning, and Chancellor Neville Chamberlain finally knew why he was upset, as Germany had launched a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union this morning.
Millions of German troops broke into the territory of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet defense line built by Stalin was like tofu scum in front of the German army, which was broken by the German army at the first stab.
In just one day, the German army broke through fifty or sixty kilometers into the territory of the Soviet Union, what is the situation? Could it be a repetition of the French battle, and will Germany not destroy the Soviet Union in just one month?
The whole of England was really frightened by the German blitzkrieg, and Chamberlain was even more so. Chamberlain always believed that the German army was too powerful, and that Britain, as a traditional maritime power, had British interests at sea, so there was no need for Britain to send food to the German army on land.
This is the theoretical basis of Prime Minister Chamberlain's appeasement, and a considerable number of British people also agree with this assertion of Prime Minister Chamberlain, otherwise Chamberlain would not have been able to serve as prime minister for the second time.
Chamberlain was appeased, and Churchill was a typical hawk, and his point of view was to fight Germany to the end, but Churchill was not a fool.
At this time, the German Army was invincible and invincible, and Churchill would not be stupid enough to bring the British Army to deliver food to the German Army. Churchill had already tried several times, and he was finally woken up by the German Army.
Churchill wanted to fight Germany to the death, but he didn't want to fight with the German army, is this the legendary mouth cannon.
On the one hand, Churchill was in close contact with President Roosevelt of the United States, and he instigated Roosevelt to enter the war from time to time, and he had achieved the goal of killing people with a knife.
At the same time, Churchill also actively implemented the strategy of "diverting trouble to the east", and Chamberlain's second appointment as prime minister was arranged by Churchill and King George VI.
Britain wanted to release a prime minister who talked a lot about appeasement to Germany, and he had already come with a false pretense at a time, so that Germany would feel that there was no longer any worries about attacking the Soviet Union.
What Germany is most afraid of is a two-front war, Britain across the English Channel, so that Germany, which does not have a strong navy, can only look at the ocean and sigh, if Germany concentrates its strength to attack the Soviet Union, then Britain will be a stinger in Germany's back.
Before Germany attacked the Soviet Union, it first had to deal with the British stinger, but Germany did not have a strong navy, so he could not remove the British stinger in a short time.
With the British stinger, Germany could not attack the Soviet Union with confidence and boldness, so Churchill's strategy to lead the way to the east was not a failure, and Chamberlain, who talked a lot about appeasement, was pushed out by Churchill and George VI.
Germany's worries were superficially resolved, and the course of history was exactly as Churchill had judged, Germany had attacked the Soviet Union, but this was a threat to Chamberlain, who had become prime minister again.
Fortunately, Chamberlain was still relatively rational, he did not sell Britain's interests for the sake of his position as prime minister, and the peace negotiations between Britain and Germany were also actively advancing.
Chamberlain's response to Germany's attack on the Soviet Union brought Chamberlain to a deep crisis, but the decision was not in Chamberlain's hands, he could only choose to wait and see.
Churchill was different, and when Churchill learned the news of the German attack, he immediately collapsed from the couch in surprise:
"Haha...... Germany has finally attacked the Soviet Union...... Hurry up and prepare the car, I ask to see His Majesty the King. ”
Churchill rushed into Buckingham Palace like madness and found King George VI reading a book:
"Your Majesty, great news! Millions of German troops have begun to attack the Soviet Union in an all-out way, our plan to divert the troubles to the east has been successful, and the crisis in Britain has been solved, so we don't have to worry about the German army crossing the sea to attack us every day. ”
George VI, who was reading a book, also stood up excitedly after listening to Churchill's report, and he stammered and asked:
"Churchill...... You, you're sure...... Is there any news about this? ”
"It has been confirmed that it was several million German troops who launched a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union, and the German radio has already informed the news."
"Well, that's good...... Chamberlain...... Should...... Should...... Step down! ”
When Churchill heard that George VI wanted Chamberlain to resign, which was not a good idea, Churchill quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, now is by no means the time to let Chamberlain step down, Germany has just attacked the Soviet Union, Germany has not yet exhausted itself from fighting with the Soviet Union, what we need to do now is to continue to let Prime Minister Chamberlain and Germany negotiate peace, so as to make Germany feel that it will not fight on two fronts.
When Germany and the Soviet Union were exhausted, it was time for Chamberlain to step down. And while we wait and see what happens, we will work hard to produce weapons and equipment, and at the same time draw the United States into our camp, so that we will be invincible."
"Good...... Only, just the United States...... Will you join us? ”
Churchill looked left and right and whispered to George VI:
"Hasn't the United States always wanted some territory along the Canadian border? It's better for us to agree with them, anyway, Canada is already de facto independent, ceding the territory of other countries to achieve our own strategic goals, this is no business...... Can? ”
Churchill was not a thing, and although Canada was de facto independent at this time, Britain was the suzerainty of others, and he sold Canada without warning.
Churchill still sells that is called a peace of mind, anyway, you are all de facto independent, then don't blame me for taking your territory and giving it away.
This is the face of a dirty politician, and Churchill deserves it.
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Claes was under Rommel during the French campaign, but he was only a second lieutenant commander, and now Claes has grown into a commander of an armored regiment, because Claes's armored regiment is outstanding, so he was personally awarded the honorary title of "Thor's Hammer" armored regiment by Rommel.
In this battle against the Soviet Union, the "Thor's Hammer" armored regiment was assigned to the forefront of the attack position, and it was directly facing the Soviet Union's border city of Niov, and the infantry following the "Thor's hammer" armored regiment was the "logistics battalion".
Of course, an armored regiment is followed by at least one infantry regiment, and Anderson's "logistics battalion" is the infantry mounted on the armored vehicles behind the loading vehicles, and behind Anderson are the infantry in trucks, and they are the infantry who follow the armored regiment to attack.
[It's the end of the month, there are monthly passes, recommendations, rewards, please smash them all brothers! ] Fallen leaves thank you. (To be continued.) )